Auto racing season
The1921 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 20 races, beginning inBeverly Hills ,California on February 27 and concluding inSan Carlos ,California on December 11. There was also one non-championship race. TheAAA National Champion andIndianapolis 500 winner wasTommy Milton .
Alton Soules , and his riding mechanicHarry Barner , perished at theFresno Speedway during the second race.
Schedule and results [ edit ] All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.
Rnd Date Race name Track Location- Type Pole position Winning driver 1 February 27 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills ,California Board — Ralph DePalma 2 — Roscoe Sarles 3 — Jimmy Murphy 4 — Tommy Milton 5 — Ralph DePalma 6 April 10 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills ,California Board Tommy Milton Ralph DePalma 7 — Eddie Pullen 8 — Joe Thomas 9 — Jimmy Murphy 10 — Jimmy Murphy 11 April 30 Fresno Speedway Fresno ,California Board Roscoe Sarles Joe Thomas 12 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway ,Indiana Brick Ralph DePalma Tommy Milton 13 June 18 Uniontown Speedway Hopwood ,Pennsylvania Board — Roscoe Sarles 14 July 4 Tacoma Speedway Tacoma ,Washington Board Tommy Milton Tommy Milton 15 August 14 Cotati Speedway Santa Rosa ,California Board — Eddie Hearne 16 September 5 Uniontown Speedway Hopwood ,Pennsylvania Board — I. P. Fetterman [ 1] NC September 19 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse ,New York Dirt — Ira Vail 17 October 1 Fresno Speedway Fresno ,California Board — Earl Cooper 18 October 23 Cotati Speedway Santa Rosa ,California Board — Roscoe Sarles 19 November 24 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills ,California Board Roscoe Sarles Eddie Hearne 20 December 11 San Francisco Speedway San Carlos ,California Board — Jimmy Murphy
Non-championship race
Final points standings [ edit ] Note: Drivers had to be running at the finish to score points. Points scored by drivers sharing a ride were split according to percentage of race driven. Starters were not allowed to score points as relief drivers, if a race starter finished the race in another car, in a points scoring position, those points were awarded to the driver who had started the car.[ 2]
Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify Brown Withdrawn Black Disqualified White Did not start Blank Did not Not competing
In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps Rookie of the Year Rookie
Tommy Milton
